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Extensive consultation
City of York Council take consultation seriously and value the view of local people, as is clear when we look at the facts about the development of land at Osbaldwick. The complaints by Mr Hardcastle (Letters, January 26) are not justified because they
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Council should make its own saving first
Recent publicity about City of York Council's proposals to tackle the £4 million deficit in their budget beggars belief. On the one hand they proposed to sell off the DN1 number plate, which might have brought in £40,000. On the other, they propose putting
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January 31st, 2000
Football: Birthday bonus The tide is turning for York City, according to match-winner Matt Hocking. Football: York City 1, Barnet 0 York City's first win of the 21st century and one that deserved its place in Bootham Crescent history. Rugby: Booth close
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Rugby: Sweet revenge for slick York
York Wasps 56, Dudley Hill 10 ROAD TO NOWHERE: Darren Callaghan (number seven) and Paul Darley bring down Dudley Hill winger Kirk Johnson The ghosts of 1997 were exorcised in the most convincing fashion as York Wasps gained sweet revenge for their humiliating
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From rock to role
Gary Barlow used to be quite famous. He was in Take That, a popular boy band of the Nineties, but when he left to pursue his solo career nothing more was heard of him. These days Gary is best known for being a former mate of Robbie Williams. Now he is
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Fight to save post offices
Government plans to shake up the benefits system would deliver a fatal blow to many post offices. The only way to save them is to fight back. That is why we launched our Counter Attack today. Ministers want to pay pensions, child allowance and the like
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Football: York City 1, Barnet 0
York City's first win of the 21st century and one that deserved its place in Bootham Crescent history. MASSED RANKS: York City players pack their defence to deal with a Barnet set piece. From left to right, Matt Hocking, Lee Bullock, Scott Jordan, Barry
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Football: Birthday bonus
York City 1 Barnet 0 MATCH WINNER: Matt Hocking soars through the air (No 2) to head in City's crucial goal against Barnet at Bootham Crescent The tide is turning for York City, according to match-winner Matt Hocking. The former Hull City defender celebrated
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Police warning given over www.fraudsters
Credit card holders in North Yorkshire are being warned to be vigilant following a series of sophisticated confidence tricks, some operating on the worldwide web. Fraud Squad officers from North Yorkshire police say they have encountered reports of several
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Kidney man's thanks to parents
A Grateful father has written to the parents of York hanging victim Kirk Edwards to tell how their tragedy has been his salvation. The man, who received one of Kirk's kidneys after his death, says he feels well for the first time in years, and is back
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January 31st, 2000
Council should make its own saving first Recent publicity about City of York Council's proposals to tackle the £4 million deficit in their budget beggars belief. Extensive consultation City of York Council take consultation seriously and value the view
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Weapons dealer saves his neck
North Yorkshire arms dealer Peter Bleach today escaped the death penalty after being cleared of attempting to wage war against India. A Foreign Office spokesman said Bleach, a former pupil of St Peter's School, York, had also been cleared of collecting
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Happy to log on
I must say that I have been enjoying Allan Clews' column. Each week, I log on to the Internet to read the latest. The sour, children-hating-neighbour scenario was particularly funny ('Feud For Thought', January 28). Sad in a way, but funny. Bravo for
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Left or right?
It has to be said that J Calpin ('Leaning to the Left', January 25) has a point in his comments on the rather leftish bias slightly colouring the excellent columns of Julian Cole and Chris Titley and the need to counterbalance this. As Brian Marlowe seems
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January 31st, 2000
Fight to save post offices Government plans to shake up the benefits system would deliver a fatal blow to many post offices. The only way to save them is to fight back. That is why we launched our Counter Attack today. From rock to role Gary Barlow used
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January 31st, 2000
Weapons dealer saves his neck North Yorkshire arms dealer Peter Bleach today escaped the death penalty after being cleared of attempting to wage war against India. Man killed on city cycle path An elderly man died after being struck by a motorbike in
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Running: Fisher gets down to Monkey business
Ian Fisher stormed to victory for the second year running in the Brass Monkey half-marathon on a record-breaking day in York. It was second best for Otley AC athlete Fisher who broke his own course record, set last year, by just one second. He crossed
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Rugby: York look anxiously over their shoulder
York's trip to the seaside was no holiday as Redcar inflicted a punishing 39-3 defeat to leave the Clifton Park side facing a North East Division Two dogfight. COLLISION COURSE: Pocklington's Simon Lewis (right) peels off a maul as a Hartlepool player
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Rugby: Booth close to points record
York Wasps 56, Dudley Hill 10 Captain marvel Craig Booth was agonisingly close to writing himself into the record books as York Wasps cruised into the fourth round of the Silk Cut Challenge Cup, writes Dianne Hillaby. Booth scored four tries and six goals
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Hospice: Making lots of notes
Our Hospice 2000 Appeal is £1,500 nearer to its £2 million goal thanks to a band of intrepid York football players. SWEET MUSIC: Children from Carr Infants School, Acomb, York, present Ossie and Margot Johnson, of the Acomb support group of St Leonard's
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Gallery charge 'would damage city culture'
Entrance charges proposed for York City Art Gallery will severely damage culture in the city, protesters warned today. Richard Green, curator of York City Art Gallery, with one of the works from last year's Canaletto exhibition The Friends of York City
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Villages getting back on buses
New bus services giving York-area villages better links with the city were taking to the roads today as part of a Government pilot scheme. The 18-month, £185,000 trial by the City of York Council and North Yorkshire County Council, is being backed by
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Counter
Attack: We're behind the counter attack by James Kilner and John Lavabre Today the Evening Press launches its Counter Attack campaign to fight Government proposals which could devastate YOUR local post office. Under new Government plans, most benefits
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Man killed on city cycle path
An elderly man died after being struck by a motorbike in a hit-and-run accident on a city cycle path. The pedestrian, who has not yet been named, had been using the isolated Sustrans cycle track and footpath which runs between Osbaldwick and Tang Hall
